Whether the student is a four or
five-year-old beginner, an adult amateur, or
an aspiring concert pianist, my mission is
the same: to teach not only those reading
skills and technical skills necessary to
understand music and move around the
keyboard but also the means to acquire the
kind of sound that produces beauty and
passion found in the performances of great
pianists. Regardless of whether you want to
play only for your own personal enjoyment or
perform for an audience, teaching this kind
of artistry is my objective. In my
studio, this type of training begins in the
very first lesson, even for an absolute
beginner!

In the process of learning as well, I hope
to instill in each student a lifelong love
for great music, teach valuable life skills
of dedication, discipline, and
determination, and build confidence and the
self-esteem of each individual as she or he
learns and excels in learning the great
music for piano. I hope to hear from you!
Please call or e-mail if you would like more
information!

Studio Activities

34 regularly scheduled weekly lessons from
September to June with holiday breaks scheduled
as well

6 flexibly scheduled lessons during the
summers
Weekend group music theory classes during the
fall and winter

4 Studio Concerts scheduled throughout the
year, including an Annual Concerto Concert

Opportunity to participate in festivals,
recitals, and competitions in the Washington,
D.C. Metropolitan area and beyond

About Narciso Solero

NARCISO SOLERO received the Master of Music
degree in Piano Performance from Indiana
University (Bloomington, IN) and pursued
studies in the doctoral degree program in
piano performance there. His principal
teachers at Indiana were James Tocco and
Leonard Hokanson; additional studies at
Indiana University were with visiting
professors Michel Béroff and Dmitry Paperno.
Solero received the Bachelor in Music Degree
from DePauw University in Indiana, where he
studied with Claude Cymerman, who received
training at the Conservatoire in Paris. Mr.
Solero also took several lessons with Adele
Marcus of the Juilliard School while still
an undergraduate.

Mr. Solero lives and teaches in Arlington,
Virginia. His young students, ranging from
pre-kindergarten age to high school seniors,
perform four concerts per year, including an
annual concerto concert. A number of his
students have become music majors in
college. Outside the studio, his students
perform in competitions and festivals and
have won many prizes at these competitions,
including the National Symphony Orchestra
Young Soloists' Competition, the MTNA
Performance Competitions, NVMTA Concerto
Competition, NVMTA Piano Achievement Awards
Competition, and VMTA District and State
Auditions. His students have also been
selected for the Concerts at the Alden Young
Soloists Recitals at the Alden Theatre in
McLean, VA. In addition to his full and
comprehensive program for young students,
Mr. Solero teaches adult students as well,
from amateur beginners to professional
pianists wanting to pursue continued
studies. He served for four years as
President of the Washington, D.C. Music
Teachers Association (W.M.T.A.), and he had
been an active board member for Northern
Virginia Music Teachers Association and for
the Springfield Music Club. He previously
taught on the faculty of the Levine School
of Music in Washington, and while living in
the Midwest, he served on the music
faculties of Albion College, DePauw
University, Olivet College, and Kellogg
Community College. Mr. Solero also served as
a charter board member for what is now the
Music Center of South Central Michigan; as a
board member, Mr. Solero was part of the
committee that founded the Community Music
School of Battle Creek (MI) and as such
actively recruited and hired faculty for the
school.

Mr. Solero is an active master class teacher
and lecturer as well; his speaking
engagements include lectures and workshops
for Richmond Music Teachers Association,
Roanoke Valley Music Teachers Association,
Highlands Music Teachers Association,
Peninsula Music Teachers Association, and
Springfield Music Club; he also has given
master classes at James Madison University,
Springfield Music Club Spring Festival, and
for independent teachers in Northern
Virginia and Maryland. He has previously
been a featured panelist for the Northern
Virginia Music Teachers Association and for
Virginia Music Teachers Association state
conference. Mr. Solero and three of his
students were filmed and featured in the
ASCD educational video Learning to
Think…Thinking to Learn, which was
released in 2007.

As a performer, Mr. Solero regularly appears
in collaboration with other artists. His
performances include several concerts at the
Kennedy Center on the Millennium Stage,
concerts at Carnegie Hall, Strathmore
Mansion, Montgomery College, Catholic
University, the Anderson House Museum, the
Lyceum, Dumbarton Church, Temple Micah, and
several performances as guest artist with
Friday Morning Music Club and on the Tuesday
Concert Series for Church of the Epiphany in
Washington, D.C. He has performed
extensively throughout the United States and
overseas, including concerto performances at
Orchestra Hall in Chicago, solo recitals
throughout the Midwest and in the Washington
area, and concerts with singers in Hong
Kong, Seoul, Bangkok, and Singapore, as well
as television broadcasts on KBS-TV Korea. He
has worked with such artists as Plácido
Domingo, soprano Harolyn Blackwell, soprano
Beverly Rinaldi, and TV/movie star Vanessa
Williams.

Mr. Solero and tenor Jon Robert Cart,
(Director at the John J. Cali School of
Music at Montclair State University), have
released a compact disc of Wagner's
Wesendonck Lieder and other songs for
Music Minus One; in addition, Mr.
Solero is pianist on a compact disc
featuring the art songs of Joseph Marx and
Anthony Taffs with soprano Maureen Balke.
Mr. Solero has performed at Lincoln Theater
as part of the D.C. Mayor's Arts Awards
Program presented by the D.C. Commission on
the Arts and Humanities. He has appeared as
guest artist of the United States Air Force
Chamber Players on three occasions and has
been a guest performer on the Mount Vernon
Chamber Orchestra Chamber Music series. He
has also performed in dozens of schools in
Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia in
conjunction with the Washington National
Opera's Education Department, introducing
opera to school-age students. Mr. Solero's
performing repertoire is diverse, including
concerti, solo literature, chamber music,
and nearly 1,200 art songs.